My Thoughts, Words & Deeds

Katie Rea’s Writings

“Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Our inner life shapes our outer journey. This truth echoes through Gandhi’s words, inviting us to notice how the smallest movements of the soul become the path we walk.

Writings

The Royal Cross: A Quarterly Magazine of the Order of the Daughters of the King.

Finding Our Voice: Listening, Witnessing, and the work of Clarity in the Order, page 12. An exploration of how attentive presence helps us discern and claim our true voice.

Unexpected Lessons of Grief from a Disney Movie, page 8, *Anna correction. A gentle reflection on how a Disney film unexpectedly illuminated the quiet, complicated movements of grief through Anna’s journey.

Sacred Moments: Living the Vows That Called Me, page 7. A reflection on the sacred work of honoring the commitments that shape our spiritual path.

Bearing Fruit Far From Home, page 16. A message on the surprising fruit that emerges when God calls us into new and unfamiliar spaces.

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  • Take Time to Trust in the Slow Work of God

    “Above all trust in the slow work of God. Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you will be. Give our Lord the benefit of believing that His hand is leading you and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin This past weekend, I…

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  • Dreamwork as a Spiritual Practice: Nurturing Wellness and Strengthening Faith

    Are there benefits to exploring our dreams? Our dreams hold a mysterious and captivating quality that sparks our imagination. Dreams have always fascinated and intrigued me.  I’ve remembered long sequences or simple fragments of dreams since I was a child. As an adult I have written many of them down, but never really went any…

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  • How to Turn Regret into a Great Source of Inspiration

    “Regrets only apply when we don’t learn from a situation.” Catherine Pulsifer Unbidding, a memory came to me yesterday evening. As I was getting ready for bed, I started thinking of my college years. One of my English professors mentioned an opportunity to be an exchange student for a semester. One of the pamphlets advertised…

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  • The Art of Finding Inspiration: How to Ignite Your Passion

    “What if you wake up some day, and you’re 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or memoir written; or you didn’t go swimming in warm pools or oceans because your thighs were jiggly or you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing…

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  • Embracing Divine Humor: Exploring the Role of Laughter in Spirituality

     “Laughter is the most beautiful and beneficial therapy God ever granted humanity.“ Chuck Swindoll My daughter has a quote book in which she records humorous antidotes from family and friends. Apparently, I am in there quite a bit. I’m choosing to take this as a compliment. Some examples for posterity: Me: “I wish I could…

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4 responses to “My Thoughts, Words & Deeds”

  1. Bon chance!

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  2. Wonderful post, Katie! Thank you.

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    1. Thank you! I appreciate you!

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